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Did the shiny new DPL just put his foot down?

Posted May 4, 2005 3:45 UTC (Wed) by mem (subscriber, #517)
In reply to: Did the shiny new DPL just put his foot down? by lordsutch
Parent article: Debian Sarge freezes

Although that theory is nice and many of us would like it to be true, some people are clinging to the idea that the FTP masters haven't ever been appointed as DPL delegates, therefore they are not. IIRC the same holds true for the release manager.

But you are generally right, this is a large part of the reason why Debian's shape is what it is now.

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Posted May 4, 2005 6:43 UTC (Wed) by lordsutch (guest, #53) [Link]

True, the "they aren't really delegates" argument has been bandied about... although, if they aren't, they're extraconstitutional.

I do find it fascinating that Canonical hired a few of the people perceived as the real bottlenecks in those teams... one hopes it was for their technical expertise rather than their interpersonal skills.

Did the shiny new DPL just put his foot down?

Posted May 4, 2005 9:26 UTC (Wed) by lolando (subscriber, #7139) [Link]

> True, the "they aren't really delegates" argument has been bandied about...
> although, if they aren't, they're extraconstitutional.

I hope that doesn't diminish their legitimacy. As an Alioth admin, I suppose I'm extraconstitutional too (although I've been asked by an ex-DPL and a DPL candidate)...